Someone just had to have the Dwight Twilley rubberstamp. She's probably got it by now, too, and is currentlystamping all her correspondence, memos and personal paperswith the old Dwight Twilley band logo. And she's happy ascan be.

The stamp is just one of many such vintage trinketsavailable for sale on Twilley's new web site(http:/members.aol.com/Twillex/), in the Twilley Store.Twilley — the Tulsa pop star noted for such hits as 1975's“I'm on Fire'' and 1984's “Girls'' — set up the site as away to communicate directly with his fans and to clear outhis inventory of rubber stamps, old stickers, DwightTwilley pendants and classic posters. Oh, and records,too.

“I've just always kept really good archives,'' Twilleysaid this week. “I was digging through some video stuff awhile back and found some old films that I had transferredto video. One of them turned out to be a rehearsal film ofthe Dwight Twilley Band preparing for the 1977 tour. Ithink it was shot at Channel 8. It's real nice footage ofus clowning around. That's a big seller. People have got tohave that one.''

Yessir, to a certain segment of bright-eyed pop fans,Twilley hung the moon. He was, after all, a big-shot onradio for a good decade. He claimed Tom Petty as a close,personal friend. People in other countries know who Twilleyis. Heck, he performed on “American Bandstand'' threetimes.

So he must be a big, untouchable star, right? Probablyjust sits at home on a pile of royalty money, playingaround with his web site.

Nah. Since Twilley returned home to Tulsa a few yearsago, he's let everyone know that he's just another Tulsamusician. He mostly sits at home writing new songs andenjoying the lift the recent resurgence in power-pop hasgiven his career.

He hopes to further prove the point with this weekend'sshows — two in a row at Steamroller Blues and BBQ, with theraucous Brian Parton and his Nashville Rebels opening eachnight.

“I like to get out every now and then and play, justlike anyone else. It's not feasible to get out an playclubs every weekend, but I play when I can ... I kind ofget jealous when my friends — all musicians — are talkingabout their Friday-Saturday gigs around town. I wanted one,especially because most of the shows we've been doinglately are the big Balloon Fest and centennial shows. Ijust wanted to get out and be one of the guys. I'm a Tulsamusician, too,'' Twilley said.

The Twilley band this time around will include TomHanford and Jerry Cooper on guitars, Dave White on bass,Bill Padgett on drums and Twilley's longtime stand-bypercussionist Jerry Naifeh.

Fans ought to enjoy the live performances while theycan. Twilley is currently considering a contract with arecord label to record a new album. Since his rousingperformance at last year's South by Southwest musicconference perked up the ears of scouts, some major labelshave been toying with the idea of signing Twilley. At thispoint, though, Twilley said he just wants to put out arecord.

“I've got a lot of songs building up,'' he said. “Ifthis goes through, we'll probably be out from in front ofthe microphone for a while.''

Meanwhile, you can check out some of those new songs onthe cassette packages available on the Twilley Store. Anddon't forget those key rings. And the imprinted vinyleditions. And the ...

These online "clips" reproduce a self-selection of my journalism (music etc) during the last 20+ years. It's a lotta stuff, but it only scratches the surface. I do not currently possess the time or resources to digitize the whole body of work. These posts are simply a bunch of pretty great days at the office.